Reference Materials

These are the books and reference materials that I used in learning Korean. I have a handful and honestly I have not read everything compeletely. I will try to post all these materials and provide my opinion on its usability in the point of view of a self-learner.

Most of the books I have were bought out of the country as there are limited Korean books being offered in the local bookstores. Two of my staple books were bought from Singapore’s Kinokuniya while other supplementary reference materials were bought in Kyeobo (겨보) Bookstore in Seoul. These are all available on-line via Amazon or Barnes but as you know shipping cost will bloat the price so in my official and leisure travel, I maximize the opportunity by checking on bookstores to get these materials. I also sometimes ask friends, who go out of the country or is based in another country, the favor of buying for you books which are not found locally.

I also have reference materials provided when I attended formal schooling at the University of the Philippines. They are using Kyunghee University text book which in workbook type.

Please continue to visit this page as I will add under this all the books that I am done reading. Please don’t take these evaluation as professional advice but rather just two cents from someone who experienced learning on on her own.

Youre posts help me a lot.. Thnks, I want to know how could I see the korean chracters in my pc..coz i need to know it also.. I can read the charcters.. but I cant see.. only squares.. If you know how to do it.. help me pls.

(b) Select TOOLS>Internet Options>General>Languages. Here you can add languages for viewing. If your language is not listed, choose “User Defined” and type in the name of your language (such as ‘Khmer’)

(c) Select TOOLS>Internet Options>General>Fonts. Here you can choose Script type, Web-page fonts, and Plain-text fonts. If your Script type is not listed, go back to (1b) above. If no fonts are listed for your Script type, you will have to download and install free Unicode fonts into your computer’s Fonts folder. See (9) below, or search on Google for “[language] Unicode fonts.” You may have to reboot after installation.

Hope this helps. This is if you are using Microsoft Explorer…almost the same instruction for Firefox.

yeah.. I am as passionate as you in learning korean!
I find that learning by watching korean drama helps a lot:) especially when u have the basic korean knowledge…

If there is an opportunity for you, learning in a university that offers basic korean language modules can help a lot! Basically, for me, I learnt korean in my university as an elective and I REALLY LOVE korean!

thanks a lot for this site.. i love it very much..^^
please help me..
tell me the key of learning korean language..
the key to help me understand how they make up their sentences..
please.. ^^
i really want tot learn korean but i can’t get formal education for it..T_T
thanks a lot..^^

Hii..
Erm.. erm… Can I request erm.. Cause I would like to write a letter to Super Junior,who is coming to singapore real soon..
But I do not understand Korean and.. I do not know how to type in Korean… Ermm.. could you help me translate my letter to Korean?
I am soo sorry..

there are lots of korean books in malaysia. you can go and look at Kinokuniya, KLCC or any MPH bookstore branch. its gonna cost a bit but i think its worth it ;). you can check first at the book store website. you can even find the elementry korean book that janey suggest.

can i ask if how much it’d cost me to study korean in UP?? and do they cater to students from other universities? i mean will it appear on my transcript? thanks..because i really want to have a formal class in korean language but my school doesn’t offer one..thanks in advance..:)

thank God i found your blog! ^_^ i’m learning the language too whenever i have time. unfortunately i couldn’t find a good book that has Hangul characters with the right English translations. I’m planning to take up formal lessons at Korean Language Center maybe next year. hopefully you could continue this blog whenever you have time. it helps a lot! God bless!

hi!
i’m going to seoul sometime this month and i was hoping you could recommend a few books for me to learn korean properly? i took a beginner’s course in university…but would really like to continue learning korean. thanks! 🙂

you can just go directly to their office at Palma Hall you can pay the tuition fee there. you need to reserve because they normally require at least 10 students. they will contact you of the start of class. Usually its every Saturday.